Europe fit for the Digital Age
Today, the European Commission proposed new rules and actions intended to boost the development of trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Europe. Their aim is to unify the understanding of AI and the approach to its regulation in all EU Member States.
The new Commission’s proposal is the combination of the first-ever legal framework proposal on AI – Regulation on Harmonised Rules on AI, the new Coordinated Plan with Member States on AI, and the New rules on Machinery.
The new rules will apply directly and uniformly in all EU Member States, and they follow a risk-based approach. Thus, the AI systems will be divided into four main groups, for which different measures will apply appropriately: 1) AI systems with unacceptable risk will be banned; 2) AI systems that pose a high-risk will be subjected to strict obligations before being put on the market; 3) AI systems with a limited risk will face transparency obligations; and 4) AI systems with minimal risk will be freely available to use.
The next steps are to be taken by the European Parliament and the Member States that have to adopt the proposed Regulation, so that it can become directly applicable across the EU. The Commission will also continue to actively cooperate with the Member States to ensure appropriate implementation of actions prevised in the new Coordinated Plan on AI.
For more information on the new proposed rules, see here and here.
On 23rd of November, 2021, the European Commission has published two reports in the field of copyright, as required by Directives 2014/26/EU (CRM Directive) and 2019/790 (DSM Directive). They are supported by two studies: Study on emerging issues on collective licensing management in the digital environment, and Study on selected issues relating to the application of the CRM Directive.
A new book “Law and Artificial Intelligence: Issues of Ethics, Human Rights and Social Harm” was published (Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of law in Ljubljana, 2021), the editors of which are prof. dr. Aleš Završnik and dr. Katja Simončič. The author of one of the articles is also dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič, LL.M., LL.M., who wrote an article on the topic of whether artificial intelligence can be an author of a copyright work.
Jožef Štefan Institute is organising GO-DIP workshop series, first of them coming on November 19th, 2021 is revolving around software IP and data agreements. The GO-DIP project aims to increase the competencies of knowledge generators and intermediaries. At 15.10 dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič, LL.M., LL.M. will be lecturing in the Workshop: Development of a checklist for model digital IP agreements. Welcome!
2nd GPAI Summit will occur from 11-12 November, 2021 in Paris, France. Leading international AI experts from civil society, academia, industry and governments, including ministerial-level delegates from GPAI’s Membership, will come together for GPAI’s annual event. This public-facing event will include reporting on the ten Working Groups’ study topics, including the reporting of Data Governance Working Group (DG WG). Public conferences will be broadcasted live on GPAI’s Youtube channel. Welcome!